J&J’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine cleared by EU regulator
Supply issues are expected to arise with this vaccine
11 March 2021 - 16:57
Brussels — The EU's drugs regulator on Thursday approved Johnson & Johnson's (J&J’s) single dose Covid-19 vaccine, as the bloc seeks to speed up a stuttering inoculation campaign and boost its supplies.
The shot is the fourth to be endorsed for use in the EU after vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford University and Moderna, and is recommended for those over 18 years of age, the European Medicines agency (EMA) said. It's the first single-dose shot...
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